Watford Grammar School for Boys (commonly abbreviated WBGS) is a partially selective academy for boys in Watford in Hertfordshire, England. The school and its sister school, Watford Grammar School for Girls, descend from a Free School founded as a charity school for boys and girls by Elizabeth Fuller in 1704. Despite its name, the school accepts boys of all abilities, although approximately a third are selected for academic or musical aptitude, and brothers of existing pupils are also guaranteed places. It is a school which has specialist status in Science and Languages. Its results are among the highest achieved by non-grammar state schools in England.
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